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It Really Ticks Me off...

When I started practicing medicine in the dark ages (pre-iPhones) in Chicagoland, the only time I would ever see a tick is after a family came home from a camping trip or a weekend getaway in Wisconsin. Over the past few years, however, ticks have arrived in Chicago.

We have seen several dogs this year with ticks on them, and they haven’t gone farther west than the Kennedy.

Of course, ticks themselves don’t cause the problem: it’s what lurks inside their stomach that can be deadly.

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